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Phascolarctos cinereus
Northern/Queensland Koala. Southern koalas are more of a brown colour compared to the greyish fur and the mottled bottom of the Northern/ Queensland Koala.
In the leafy branches of a Queensland blue-gum. Exact location not shown due to its status shown on iucnredlist.org as being vulnerable.Reference:- Under the EPBC Act, nationally and also the Nature Conservation Act of Queensland - Ref:- Australian Koala Foundation.
Earlier was called Koola which came from Native Australian Külla. Koala comes from an Aboriginal phrase meaning "no drink". Koala's are arboreal marsupials - meaning that they live in trees. They are our Australian "native bear", although not a bear. Diet consists almost exclusively of Eucalypt leaves. They eat about 1kg (20lb), of leaves daily and this is their fluid intake, also. Males can weigh between 4.2kg - 9.1kg. Live alone, or a male and his harem. Breeding season is Summer, when after a gestation(developing) period of about a month, a single young is born. The mothers pouch faces backwards and the young Koala crawls in and spends five to six months cocooned inside. From there it rides on its mothers back. Here are some videos of another koala I saw on a previous day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvH0gj5D... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7yEozbg... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xREPZnaS...
Spotted on Sep 7, 2019
Submitted on Jun 3, 2020
6 Comments
Too bad they are reaching extinction . They are adorable!
Great shot! Too busy sleeping this one :)
I agree, Neil and whenever i see one in the wild, it is very pleasing.
A favourite Aussie!
Thank you, Brian38. I have been lucky to see a few koalas, in the wild.
Great spotting Single D.